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SECOND SECTION mil i in. mi ftf 1 i i.j FT v4; i1' nmEin-i i M'' I I I tfyn 7 I Excise Tax Repeal Not A 'Cure-AlP Phone Bills Prove Exception; Sports, Movies Unchanged By ALVIX ROSENSWEET FMt-GiHttt SUtt Writer Repeal of federal excise and amusement taxes at noon today won't mean much to most of us. The principal exception will be in telephone bills. Beginning tomorrow New Year's Day the tax will drop seven per cent from the present 10 per cent to three per cent on local and long distance service. telephone Savings Bell Telephone Co.

of Pennsylvania estimates subscribers will save more than $33 million next year, amounting for most users to one month's phone bill. But: Sports admissions are expected to be the same or higher than in 1965. Movie tickets are expected to be the same. Private club members will find they won't be paying a 20 per cent excise tax on top of their dues, but dues will be increased and there won't be a savings. One exception will be at the prestigious Duquesne Club where annual dues are $320, plus $64 tax, a total of $384.

"We will pass the savings on to our members," Gur-don Flagg, manager of the Duquesne Club, said jester- Parochial School Park Use Rapped Civil Liberties Group Says It Is Unconstitutional By HF.KBERT G. STEIX Post-Gaittle Staff Writer The Pittsburgh chapter of American Civil Liberties Union declared yesterday it believes it would be unconstitutional for a parochial school to be included in the proposed public school "education parks." Thomas M. Kerr, chapter chairman, said it violates the separation of church and state principle. Sees State Aid to Church "Any such program offered to parochial schools of but one denomination would afford an unconstitutional aid to that church and would amount to an unconstitutional discrimination against other churches, some of which may also have parochial schools," Kerr said. He was referring to a suggestion made on Wednesday by Msgr.

John B. McDowell, school superintendent of the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese, that planners of educational parks here ought to consider "some small spot" for a parochial school. Kerr said the Civil Liberties Union is not only objecting to the education park idea but also to any collaboration between parochial and public schools, such as by shared time, or by the transfer of property by a redevelopment agency. All these activities are questionable from a const it uUonal point of view, he said. Says Commitment Implied "The idea of putting a parochial school in an education park is merely a more vivid illustration of the kind of activity we feel is questionable," Kerr said.

rennanent establishment of a parochial school in a public school complex, he said, implies a continuing commitment by public school authorities to parochial school needs. It also Implies joint decision making, he said. AH these are avoided by separation, he added. Msgr. McDowell said he thought none of the objections were valid.

He pointed out the Catholic schools are not asking to be given any land or any money. Would Buy Land "We would buy the land just as we would for any other school," Msgr. McDowell said. "We are simply saying," Msgr. McDowell continued, "that it might be possible to offer us the opportunity to purchase a piece of property in or near an education park and thereby bring all these children together." He said the diocese has had occasion to buy land offered by urban redevelopment authorities where a parochial Post-Gzctte Photot Bodnar, of 112 Kaplin Brentwood, a Penn State student, and Mai Cole, of Allison Talk, from Ithaca College, tackle holiday assignments.

Pliolo at right shows two unidentified searchers in library's card catalog yesterday. No Holiday Here Students, from grade school level to graduate school, faced with end-of year assignments and final exams, are making Carnegie Library In Oakland their headquarters. At left, Will Shakespeare is ignored by riiil Rentier, of 1261 Commercial Swisshelni Park, a graduate student at Pitt who's honing up on social work studies. At center, Victoria Mistake in Wrecking One of His Last Ben Avon, Avalon Spans Half-Open Mystery of 'Stolen' House Is Cleared Up Green Tree's Mayor Saves a Babfs Life j- Mayor Herman Herrmann of Green Tree Borough "ijorhuuo uioajjucoiam-c ui a nui wjoiuc house was traced yesterday to a house wrecker who won't soon foreet his last said he simply tore down the wrong house. Gilbert B.

Mayhan, 54, of 7917 Tioga Home- wood, told detectives he and three helpers mistakenly His term expires today. He stopped in the office Wednesday afternoon (his regular job is as salesman for Universal-Cyclops Steel Corp.) to wind up some ii Authority Pays Tax Sub The Pittsburgh Housing Authority yesterday made its annual payment in lieu of taxes to the three local taxing bodies. This year's payments totaled $380,715. Of that sum, $162,092 went to the City of Pittsburgh, $132,032 to the Pittsburgh School Board, and $85,432 to Allegheny County. Checks for these amounts were presented 10 tne taxing homes oy a urea ironzo, Housing Authority admin- istrator Payments in lieu of taxes have been made by the Housing Authority since 1942.

Over the years these payments have totaled Next year, when the opening of new apartment units will raise to 9,160 the number of units under management, the Housing Author- itys payments are expected to exceed $400,000. JP Case Worker Gets Long Service Award Annie R. Swan, a case worker for the Pittsburgh As- sociation for the Improvement of the Poor since 1937, has been given a ring honoring her for service to the Assoria Intervention by the county trsiciun jjiciriucu Lumiiieie os ns 0f two br dses in Ren Avon and Avalon which are yrvanncdit A)rt Authorit' pAT can.ied "out its plan t0 'cease using the two bridges for trolleys and buses but al lowed them to remain open for use by motorists and fire apparatus. On Wednesday PAT announced the two bridges, acquired from the Pittsburgh Railways wou'd be closed to all traffic today because they were in a hazardous condition. Commissioners' a irman William D.

McClelland ordered county engineers to inspect the bridges yesterday, commenting: "Works Director (Levi Bird) Duff reported back I that the bridges are struc- turally sound and could be kopt in use with some minor repairs. County Controller James W. Knox, an Emsworth resident, had protested to McClelland PATS plan to close the bndg es. une Diinge ioiiows unurcn Ave. in Ben Avon and the other California Ave.

in Avalon. The two bridges were built in 1905 and have wooden decks. II. G. Moorhcads' 50th Anniversary Mr.

and Mrs. II. G. Moor- head, of 39 Pasadena Mt. Washington, will observe their fiftieth wedriintr annivprsat tomorrow.

Mr. Moorhead Is a retired freight rnnHnrtnr nn thn Ponn. sylvania Railroad, with 45 years of service on the Mon-ongahela and Pittsburgh tore down the houe at Ave. when they should nave been attacking a house at 1913 Irwin Ave. Mayhan said he had been hired by a demolition firm to demolish three Northside houses.

The houses had boon condemned by the City Bureau of Building Inspection, which had contracted the demolition firm to remove them. The house at 1947 Irwin was reported "stolen" last week by its owner, II. C. Atkins, cf 708 Shade Bellevue. Atkins said that the two-story frame house valued at had appeared to be in good shape when he had showed a prospective tenant through it two weeks earlier.

Atkins said that he learned of the house's disappearance when his rental agent called to say that neighbors were complaining about debris left lying about by the wreckers. The neighbors said they were unable to identify the wreckers, who came in an un-. marked truck. Solved By Detectives Solution of the mystery came after an investigation by Detectives John Mazza, Ben Milcarek and Charles Janes. Detective Supt.

Eugene Coon said Mayhan's mistake did not warrant prosecution Acls in Office week in office Jol Training Grant OK'd Federal funds totaling $104,553 have been released for three job training programs in the Pittsburgh area, the state Bureau of Employment Security announced yesterday. Two of the programs are for training of beauty opera- tors in classes to be given at the Arsenal Vocational Technical School. The costs are $34,265 for 15 vouths and S33.694 for 10 adults Thn trainees will attend classes for 47 30 hours per week weeks. The third pr0Rram js ro. fresher course to help 60 reg istered nurses qualify for po sitions as general duty nurses.

The course is to be given by the Pittsburgh Board of Education, with a federal allocation of $36,594. Classes will be given 30 hours a week at University-Presbyterian and Montefiore hospitals. The federal funds were allocated by the U.S. Departments of Labor and Health, Welfare and Education, under the Manpower Development and Training Act. Man Willi Knife Robs Bus Driver A Port Authority Transit (PAT) bus driver was robbed of $60 yesterday morning as his bus stood at the end of the line at Sandusky Street and Montgomery Avenue, Northside.

The driver, Ray Glaser, of 112 Lafayette Northside, told police a man about 20 to 22 years old got on the bus about 8:45 a. m. and, after sitting down behind him, put one arm around his neck and pulled out a butcher knife. The robber put the money Into a paper bag and fled. day.

Warren Schleicher, manager of the University Club in Oakland, said the membership will decide whether to increase dues, but that he assumed they would be raised by the amount of the excise tax. Pittsburgh Athletic Association dues will be $300 a year, instead of $250 dues, plus $50 excise tax, according to manager Bailey Settle. Increase in all operating costs including food, supplies and wages was cited by Settle and other club managers as the reason why clubs will retain the amount formerly needed for excise taxes. Golf Club Dues Dues at golf clubs will be raised in 1966 to equal 1965 dues, plus excise tax, according to James H. Potts, secretary and treasurer of the West Penn Golf Association, which includes 64 country clubs.

"Most clubs are remodeling and they can use the extra money to reduce their indebtedness," Potts said, pointing out that the clubs are nonprofit organizations. 'This gives the clubs a chance to pick up extra dollars without added cost to the members." An end to the 10 per cent federal amusement tax won't benefit moviegoers, it appears. Officials of two of the district's largest theater chains said admissions will remain the same. There Is no federal amusement tax on the first $1 of the admission so in most cases neighborhood movies prices won't be affected. On $1.75 movie tickets the established pike is $1.55, federal tax a nickel, and the city's 10 per cent amusement tax Is 15 cents.

The movies will retain the nickel. On $2 tickets for attractions like the current "Thunder-ball" and "The Great Race," the established price is $1.75, federal tax seven cents and city tax 17 cents. Movies aren't likely to reduce prices by either a nickel or seven cents, theater operators said. Sports fans won't benefit, either. A spokesman for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League said 1966 ticket prices haven't even been up for discussion.

"We've been too busy with the draft and the coaching situation," a Steelers front office man said. Baseball Tickets Tht Pirates some time ago announced higher ticket prices for 1966, pointing out that the last raise in the box seats was in 1957 and the last increase in reserved seats was in 1959. The Hornets of the American Hockey League won't do anything about reducing ticket prices for the 1965-66 season, which is in progress. For one thing, a Hornets' spokesman said, the tickets for this season are all printed. A $3 ticket to Hornets' game breaks down now to an established pric.i of $2.59, federal tax of 16 cents and city tax of 25 cents.

After tomorrow the established price will go up to $2.73, the federal tax will be eliminated, and the city tax will go up two cents to 27 cents, still a total of $3. Phone users will get their best break starting tomoirow and the federal tax will be cut by one percentage point a year until it is completely removed by 1969. The 10 per cent phone tax has been in effect since 1954. As for night clubs, cabaret bills will be exempt from the surcharge starting today. Strike Threat Mounts At Air Brake The threat of a New Year's ve strike at Westinghouse Air Brake Company's plants in Wilmerding arfd Swissvale became serious last night.

The 5,000 members of Local 610, United Electrical Work ers union (UEW), voted 95 per cent for a walkout yesterday in a plant ballot unless their contract demands were met by the company tonight. The vote was 3,172 to 154. The vote was taken as union and company negotiators met in PennLincoln Hotel, Wil-kinsburg, in a renewed attempt to narrow hard positions on economic issues. 'Bough' Bargaining "It's rough," said Daniel Marguriet, president of UEW District 6 and Local 610, in commenting on the bargaining. He said union and management i a tors would meet continuously to try to reach an agreement before the deadline.

The union is seeking a pay increase in a reopening clause of a three-year wage contract and improved pensions in a five-year agreement, both of which expire at midnight tonight More Than A Month Negotiations have been going on continuously for more than a month. There have been more than two decades of peaceful relationship between the union and company at the Wilmerding plant. The company's operation in Swissvale is its Union Switch Signal Division. Motorist Robbed At Traffic Ligbt Milton Sutter, 50, of 1435 Mervin Dormont, told police yesterday that a man who jumped into his car at West Liberty Avenue and Cape May Avenue robbed him of $250. Sutter, a postal supervisor, said he was driving home about 11:30 p.

m. Wednesday and had stopped at a traffic light when the robber flung his car door open, jumped inside and showed a gun. The man fled on foot. Found in Lot Man Seeks Owner Of Lost $100 A Whitehall mpn who found a folder containing more than $100 yesterday afternoon Is now trying to find Its owner. Bernard Gallagher, of 5340 Tomfran spotted the money on the parking lot of the Carrick Shopping Center, Parkfield Street, about 3:20 p.

m. after making a wrong turn en route to the Carrick Carnegie Library to return a book. Gallagher said his attempts to locate the money's rightful owner in stores in the shopping center failed. He'll return the cash If Its owner wPI rail dim at 882-4806 and describe the folder and tell the full amount it held. duties.

He was standing there at the counter of the Borough Building, 978 Greentree Road, when a woman rushed in, screaming that the baby in her arms was strangling. First-Aid Course Pays Off Mayor Herrmann, also a volunteer fireman, who only two years ago took a first-aid course, saw the baby's lips were blue, its eyes glazed and i there was no sign of breath With the baby on the coun-i ter, and a stenographer, Dorothy Schwartz, holding the baby's head, Mayor Herrmann started io mouin re- suscuauon. Anxiously the mother, Mrs. Edward R. Beveridge, of 1423 Manley Crafton Heights, i waicneu as mr I meainea wuo nine iu-inumu old Terri.

It Workel Fine After about 30 seconds, Terri gave a little gasp, a kind of raspy cough, her eyelids fluttered and soon she was breathing normally again. Shortly afterward, doctors at Allegheny General Hospital said Terri was doing fine; there had been a convulsion and she had been choking on some mucus. Yesterday Mrs. Beveridge said Terri had a somewhat high temperature but otherwise was doing well. 1st Democrat Heads Avalon Harry J.

Dilmore laid aside his carpenter's tools last night to become the first Democratic mayor of Avalon In the borough's 85-year his tory. He was given the oath of office by Judge Ralph H. Smith Jr. at a reception in the Hilton Hotel, where he has been head carpenter since it opened six years ago. Dilmore, 38, rode to victory In November after a door-to- rinor camDaien.

It was his i second drive for the mayor's post, having been defeated four years ago. The new mayor, a native of Millvale, worked as a carpenter in the two-year construe- Zed the 'inalni nance staff. Brook! inc Woman Sues Kennvwood A Brookline woman, claiming she was injured last June 121 at Kennywood Park, sued owners of the amusement park yesterday for damages. Mrs. Ursula Borushko, of 1409 Brookline contends 'she received back injuries I when a park attendant started I as a criminal offense.

The gift was presented further action in the case by Richard G. Robbins, presi-would be a civil matter, Coon dent of the Association's said. board of trustees. school was taken for redevel opment and an alternate site nearby offered. Sees No Crime In Sale "If the city fathers remove one of our schools and offered to sell us land nearby, that does not seem to me a crime," he said.

One such instance, he said, was on the Northside where St. Peter's School in its new site turned out to be an alley away from Allegheny High School. A good deal of parochial-public school collaboration is now, in fact, required by the new Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, for example, on shared time. Kerr suggested such activities will be challenged in the courts. "We're not arguing against anybody's religion," Kerr said.

"We're saying religion flourishes best in this country when it is free." embattled chairman of Education, says he wants position as cnauman ui The minority Democrats in the Senate have said they are ready to provide the six votes necessary for confirmation but the Republicans have not pressed for a vote. State Sen. Albert R. Pechan, Republican of Ford City, Armstrong County, said he is ready to call for a vote next week and that he will vote against Simpson. Simpson has several times stirred Republican wrath by accusing the governor of ig- Senate Confirmation Snag Simpson Would Drop Second Education Joh Charles G.

Simpson, State Council of Higher to give up ms secona state the the Commission on Academic Facilities unless the I vAes MT Seriate confirms him. Simpson hs long been confirmed by the Senate in the Council of Higher Education post, but it has never acted on the second. "It doesn't seem appropriate," he wrote Gov. William W. Scranton, "for a man to continue to hold public office under a law which intends Senate confirmation and when the Senate through two sessions has withheld confirma tion In Harrisburg.

William G. One for You! Post-Gaiett Photo town, and are just waiting to be mailed out to all of us, so we can fill out income, deduction, exemptions and, hopefully, amount of rebate. Donna Bonenbeiger, of Greenfield, a typist for the Internal Revc nue Service, Is the only decorative part of this picture. Forms will In njall soon. getting into one of the cars.

Murphy, secretary to the gov-, She added she was thrown ernor, said Simpson's nomina-, Education which is pai of from the car and knocked tion will not be resubmitted the State Board of Education, against a nearbv fence. next year if the Senate does I The Commission on Aca-Th suit was filed on behalf not act in the few days re-! domic Facilities processes ap-of her and her husband, maining in this session. plications for Federal con-George D. Borushko, and "We would adhere to his struct ion aid to the state's asks id excess of $10,000. wishes," said Murphy.

I colleges and universities; Somewhere in this well-stacked pile of income tax forms is one for you and one for me. They arrived by the ton yesterday at the Federal Post Office Building at Seventh Avenue and Grant Street, Down-.